Machine for manufacturing mouth-pieces for cigars



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EHLIN MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING MOUTH moss FOR CIGARS. No. 296,683. Patented Apr. 8, 1884,

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MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING MOUTH PIECES FOR CIGARS. No. 296,683. Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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ERIGH EHLIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

MACHlNE FOR MANUFACTURING MOUTH-PIECES FOR CIGARS.

LZPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,683, dated April 8, 1884.

Application filed November 9, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERIGH EHLIN, of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, of the State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for lilanufacturing Mouth-Pieces for Cigars; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a top view, Fig. 2 aside elevation, and Fig. 3a longitudinal section, of amachine embodying my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claims hereinafter presented. Fig. 4: is a front view of the vertically-reciprocating cutter-carriage. Fig. -5 is a side view, and Fig. 6 alongitudinal section, of one of the articles or cigar mouth-pieces made by the machine.

The said machine is automatic in its action, and, as represented, is intended to form from one or two long cylindrical sticks a series of such mouth-pieces, each of which is tubular, and shaped substantially as shown in Figs. 5 and 6-that is to say, it has a conical mouth, a, to receive the end of a cigar, which is to be secured therein by cement or other proper means, such mouthpiece externally being concave around it, as shown at I), and rounded at its rear end, as shown at c. mouth-piece is to prevent contracting of the cigar by the lips or teeth of a smoker, it being intended that in manufacturing cigars for sale each shall be provided with such a mouthpiece.

In the drawings, A denotes the frame for supporting the main operative parts of the machine. The two sticksshown at l5) B go through tubular mandrels S S,adapted to receivethem and guide them forward rectilinearly to proper positions for them to be operated on by the boring and reaming tools 0 D and the two sets of cutters pic of the vertically-movable cuttercarrier E. Each anger or boring-tool 0 and each reaming-tool D, arranged as shown, is sus tained by a movable carriage, F, adapted to the frame A, to be slid rectilinearly thereon and longitudinally thereof. A furcated arm, G, extends back from the carriage F, and carries two catch-'pawls, dand (2, formed and arranged in and pivoted to it, as represented. Under- The (No model.)

neath the longer pawl, c, is a rotary cam,H, fixed upon a driving-shaft, f, and in rear of the said cam is a vibratory arm, I, which atits upper end rests on the periphery of the said cam. Pivoted to the said arm is a hooked pawl, K'fwhich restsupon and operates with an ear, L, extending from one side of the cam 11.. The vibratory arm I has to its upper part a catch projection, g, for a hook, it, to engage with, such hook being" arranged as shown, and extended from a movable carriage, M, that supports and has pivoted to it two sets-of jawed lovers, '5 i, formed and arranged as shown,

set, I; In, formed and arranged as represented, and supported by stationary fulcra 7/. There is between the tails of the set It a wedge, m, fixed on the top of the upper arm of a knee-lever, N. A hooked pawl, 0, is pivoted and extends to and upon an car, 11, extending from )the vibratory arm I.

In rear of each set of jawed levers 1' i, and supported by the frame A, are sets of springs 0-, for closing the jaw-levers upon the stick, in order to enable them to move it forward during an advance of their carriage M.

T T are tubes for supporting the sticks and guiding them to the mandrels. These tubes are useful auxiliaries to the machine.

The cutter-carrier E is fixed to a verticallyreciprocating slide, 0, properly adapted to a guidestandard, P. A lever, Q, fulcrumed on the frame A, and arranged as shown, has its sufficiently heavy to overbalance the slide 0' and the cutter-carrier E and the cutters thereof. The rear arm of the lever Q is over an car, i, extending from the cam H.

Each of the mandrels S has upon itapulley, a, for revolving it by a belt, and it should be provided with a small projection or spline, or suitable means of enabling it to grasp or hdld the sticlgso as to revolve it when such mandrel may be revolved, such means admitting of the stick being advanced in it as occasion may require.

In rear of the frame A are suitable stand ards, T, for supporting the sticks in tiers one over another, the same being so that as each forward arm pivoted to the slide 0, the reararm of such lever having upon it a weight, 8,.

such sets having in advance of them another I stick may be advanced sufficiently for its-set of jawed levers to pass back beyond it 'another or the next stick abovein the tier or pile shall fall between and be caught by the jaws,

so as when they maybe next advanced it shall be moved forward by them and against the other stick, so as to cause its further advance until it may be entirely cut up or reduced tocigar mouth-pieces.

In the operation of this machine, the ear L, revolving with the cam H, will engage with the hooked pawl K and draw forward the vibratory arm I until such pawl may become disengaged from the car, which it will be by the action of the ear against it. In moving forward,the vibratory arm,by means of the catch projection g and the hook h, will advance the carriage M, and thereby cause the two sticks to be moved forward the requisite distance through and beyond the mandrels. NeXt,the cam will force backward the vibratory arm I, which, meeting the catch-pawl (I, will cause the boring and reaming tool carriage F to be retracted toward the sticks, and the boring and reaming tools to enter and bore and ream them, the reaming of them being to form "in them the cigar-receiving mouths of the cigar mouth-pieces. Thecamcontinuingtorevolve, the hooked pawl 6 will catch into a notch, a, in the periphery of the cam,in consequence of which the cam will cause the boring and reaming tool carriage to be advanced so as to convey the boring and reaming tools out of the sticks. On such having occurred, the. ear t will be carried by the cam into engagement with the lever Q, so as to move it and cause the slide 0 and the cutter-carrier E to be de pressed in a manner to force the cutters a b a: down to the sticks and cause them to properly act thereon. The cutter 0 forms thehollowin the body of the mouth-piece, the cutter b rounds or finishes the rear end of the said mouth-piece, and the cutter a separates the mouth-piece from the stick. In advancing, the vibratory arm I at the proper time carries the 5 ear into engagement with the hooked pawl 0, whereby the knee-lever N will be moved, so

as to carry the wedge m out of engagement with the tails of the stick-clamping levers 70 It,

so as to allow them,by means of springs mapplied to them,to move up to and holdthe sticks from being moved backward while the jawed levers, for advancing them, are being retracted. Previous to each advance of the sticks the ear by the advance of the arm I, will force upward the hooked pawl o and become disengaged therefrom,so as to allow the weight n to move the lever N, so as to force the wedge between the tails of the clamping-levers 7c 70 and movethe saidlevers away from the sticks, in order to allow of their being advanced by the jawed levers i.

I claim 1'. In a machine for the manufacture of moutlrpieces, provided with the supportingmandrels. the. carriage E, carrying the cutters a b c, for hollowing, rounding, and separating the mouth-pieces,in combination with the slide 0, which is fixed to the carriage, the lever Q, connectedwith the slideat one end and having the weights at the other, and the cam H, provided with the ear t, the latter being under the rear end of thelever Qand to engage therewith, as set forth.

2. In a machine for forming mouth-pieces, the combination of the carriage M, spring acted advancing-jaws '1", located on said carriage, retaining-jaws 7c in front of said carriage, lever N provided with the separating-wedge m, which enters between the free ends of jaws 7c, and means, substantially as described, for operating said lever N, as set forth.

ERICH EHLIN.

WVitnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT. 

